Personal practice
Health care needs of Travellers
Patrice Van Cleemput
Ivy Lodge Clinic,
254 Rutland Rd, Sheffield S3 9PR,
UK
Correspondence to: Ms Van Cleemput email: patricev@chsheff-tr.trent.nhs.uk
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Who are Travellers? The 1968 Caravan Sites Act ignored ethnicity and cultural distinctiveness by defining Travellers as: "persons of nomadic habit, whatever their race or origin".1 However, in 1989, when the Commission for Racial Equality determined that Gypsies formed a distinct ethnic group, differences between "real Gypsies" and other more recent groups of Travellers were emphasised.2 There are two main groups: new Travellers and traditional Travellers. The inclusive term "Traveller" is acceptable to most and is used here.
New Travellers are people from the settled community, who for various
reasons have decided to adopt a nomadic lifestyle similar to that of
traditional Travellers. Traditional Travellers are not a homogenous
group. In the British Isles they mainly comprise English and Welsh
Romanichal or Romany Gypsies, Irish Travellers, and Scottish
Travellers, in addition to a growing number of European Romanichals
(Roma). They each have their own language, beliefs, and cultural
heritage. Linguistic and genetic
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